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Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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Differential Diagnosis ... - decreased rectal ... Imaging studies: • MRI ... T2 Treatment ... #differential #diagnosis
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
infection that cross-reacts ... demyelinating or axonal • MRI ... - Spinal MRI may ... cauda equina TREATMENT ... #management #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Paresthesias: Hands ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... axonal form • MRI ... cauda equina ... #management #treatment
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
1st line: CT or MRI ... question after cross-sectional ... question after cross-sectional ... #management #gastroenterology ... #treatment
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... R-G or B-Y • MRI ... - Typical MS-like ... #Management #treatment
Orofacial Granulomatosis - Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Idiopathic OFG: isolated swelling of the lips, BX+ non-caseating granuloma
Melkersson-Rosenthal
Granulomatosis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Differential Dx: Crohn's ... Moderate-Severe OFG, MRS ... #treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Transverse Myelitis Diagnosis ... than 2/3 of the cross-sectional ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #management #neurology
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Treatment 1) ... Genitalia, oropharynx, rectum ... ulcerated • MSK ... Syphilis #stages #diagnosis ... #management #Treatment
Dyssnergic Defecation (DD) - Diagnosis and Management

Impaired rectal evacuation with abnormal anorectal testing & recurring constipation

Diagnostic
and Management ... Impaired rectal ... Testing: • Rectal ... ) • Barium / MR ... • Anal EMG Treatment
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis ... resonance imaging [MRI ... Multiple Sclerosis Treatment ... #management #neurology ... #treatment #MS